Bearings and bad decisions......
A cautionary tale of wheel bearing tragedy.... Learn from my bad decision.... I was doing my pre-trip walk around this morning as we prepared to get back on the road. I noticed a missing wheel bea...
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Dexter recommends inspecting the bearings once a year. You can't inspect the bearings without taking them off, so they get repacked.
We tow 6-10 thousand miles a year since 2011.
In that time, I've found, on separate occasions:
- brake wiring on one wheel worn bare by rubbing against the frame, easily corrected.
- pieces of brake lining bouncing around inside one hub; replaced the hub assembly.
- one bearing clearly scored; replaced.
Thousands of towing miles with confidence in the rig.
We tow 6-10 thousand miles a year since 2011.
In that time, I've found, on separate occasions:
- brake wiring on one wheel worn bare by rubbing against the frame, easily corrected.
- pieces of brake lining bouncing around inside one hub; replaced the hub assembly.
- one bearing clearly scored; replaced.
Thousands of towing miles with confidence in the rig.
